Frank Zappa: The Present-Day Composer Refuses To Die

July 2, 2000
VPRO
52 min.

Directed by Frank Scheffer

Includes footage from:

• FZ, Ronnie Williams and others at the studio, c. 1962-63
• The Steve Allen Show, 1963
• Shrine Exposition Hall, LA, 1966
• Garrick Theatre, 1967
• Cover photo session for We’re Only In It For The Money, 1967
• Mayfair Studios, 1967
• Vienna, 1968
• Berlin, 1968
• Royal Festival Hall, 1968
• Shrine Exposition Hall, 1968
• Fillmore West, 1970
• FZ interview with Roelof Kiers at home (VPRO, 1970)
• Stockholm, 1973
• KCET TV, 1974
• The Palladium, 1977
• FZ & Ensemble Modern, LA, July, 1991
• FZ & Ensemble Modern, Frankfurt, July, 1992
• Ensemble Modern rehearsing “Amnerika,” c. 2000
• Interviews with Gail Zappa, Tom Fowler, Ian Underwood, George Duke, Dweezil Zappa, Joe Travers, Bruce Fowler, Pierre Boulez, Todd Yvega & Ali N. Askin
• Interview with Edgard Varèse

See also:

• Frank Zappa: Phase Two—The Big Note
• Frank Zappa: Civilization Phaze III
• Frank Zappa—A Pioneer Of The Future Of Music, Parts I & II (2007)

color, mono, fullscreen, DVD-R comes packaged as shown in color DVD case, wrapped in plastic.